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The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

By Sloan Wilson

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| Hardcover | 9780899668628

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Universally acclaimed when first published in 1955, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit captured the mood of a generation. It was a national bestseller that was made into an award-winning film, it was translated into twenty-six languages, and its title has become a permanent part of our cultural vocabuContinue

Universally acclaimed when first published in 1955, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit captured the mood of a generation. It was a national bestseller that was made into an award-winning film, it was translated into twenty-six languages, and its title has become a permanent part of our cultural vocabulary. Today, it is more relevant than ever.

Here is the story of Tom and Betsy Rath, a young couple with everything going for them: three healthy children, a nice home, a steady income. They have every reason to be happy, but for some reason they are not. Like so many young men of the day, Tom finds himself caught up in the corporate rat race -- what he encounters there propels him on a voyage of self-discovery that will turn his world inside out. At once a searing indictment of corporate culture, a story of a young man confronting his past and future with honesty, and a testament to the enduring power of family, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit is a deeply rewarding novel about the importance of taking responsibility for one's own life.

This edition includes a new introduction by Jonathan Franzen and an afterword by the author.

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  • 'The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit' by Sloan Wilson

    Sloan Wilson, who died in 2003 aged 83, wrote 15 novels, but his most famous was The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, first published in 1955. I picked this book up several years ago, attracted more by the black and white photograph of Gregory Peck on t ... (read full critics)

    readingmatters published on Tue, 28 Sep 2010

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    It's a genuine wonder that this novel isn't as widely read and as widely known as something like Nineteen Eighty-Four or A Clockwork Orange. It's a different genre of book, sure, but it deals with precisely the same issues of responsibility, conformity and hiding the truth. It's also a call to the y ... (continue)

    It's a genuine wonder that this novel isn't as widely read and as widely known as something like Nineteen Eighty-Four or A Clockwork Orange. It's a different genre of book, sure, but it deals with precisely the same issues of responsibility, conformity and hiding the truth. It's also a call to the young rather than a memory for the old, and though Tom Rath seems to be too sensible and middle-class to appeal to twenty-somethings, the fact that he is so utterly normal is precisely his appeal.

    I think I really enjoyed it because I feel that I could potentially become Tom and, like him, that's the last person I want to be. Whereas something like The Corrections feels very much like an analysis of a nation, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit feels more like an analysis of people like me.

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